Elizabeth Jane Howard Quotes
Charity felt rather snoozy after the long sermon, and she was really very grateful when Reverend Meeps offered her a cup of tea. Church was not so bad when the minister remembered you were only human.
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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs.
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Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
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In an ever-changing technological landscape, where today's platforms are not tomorrow's platforms, the key seems to be that any one of these spaces can use a dose of humanity and art and culture.
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When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.
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I was afraid the other musicians might want to present themselves too much, though I see in the coverage I've received of the album that the musicians got wonderful reviews for their contributions and abilities. I think the four musicians played freely within my limits.
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The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States.
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I'm supporting the School for Creative Startups because the project's ambition - to boost innovation and the culture of entrepreneurship - is something I feel strongly about.
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In fighting terror, you cannot let it interfere with the normal life of civilians in Israel.
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America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.
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A precise language awaits a completed metaphysics.
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Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.
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Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.
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I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.
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My government career is over.
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You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel.
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Don't be alarmed … They are a little annoyed because Spring is late... Leave it to me; I will settle it all.
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Half the stuff I have done which has been successful would never have been made if it had been shown to focus groups.
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An angry man is unfit to pray.
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We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.
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Charity felt rather snoozy after the long sermon, and she was really very grateful when Reverend Meeps offered her a cup of tea. Church was not so bad when the minister remembered you were only human.
